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Regional train 176 arrives from Roanoke. Train terminated in New York |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:18:49 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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AMTK 25(P42DC) |
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Train 176 boards is passengers |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:21:49 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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AMTK 25(P42DC) |
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Regional train 176 departs Lynchburg |
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Train normally runs all the way to Boston. Terminated in New York this trip. Bad WX |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:23:00 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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AMTK 25(P42DC) |
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174 Comments: 0 |
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Conductor on train 176 probably wondering about nutty people out in a snow storm taking train pictures. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:24:53 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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The rear of Regional train #176 clears the platform at Lynchburg. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:26:55 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS train 213 met the Amtrak Regional at "McIvor", north of Lynchburg. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:28:16 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9903(C44-9W) |
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261 Comments: 2 |
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NS train 213 enters the Park Avenue tunnel |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:30:51 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 7672(ES44DC) |
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233 Comments: 0 |
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Amtrak #20, northbound Crescent, typically late, on the platform in Lynchburg |
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3 1/2 hours late today |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:32:21 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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AMTK 2(P42DC) |
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211 Comments: 0 |
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A tardy Amtrak #20 departs Lynchburg. Greater Lynchburg Transit and Kemper Street Station in the background. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:34:07 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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AMTK 2(P42DC) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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Snowy scene on the Blackwater Creek trail. En route to shoot some rr-related images |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:44:09 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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168 Comments: 0 |
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Sign alerting trail users to the tunnel ahead. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:53:15 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Highlight of the trail system in Lynchburg is this, the oldest tunnel on the ex-N&W. Cut c. 1850 by the Virginia & Tennessee, Lynchburg's first railroad |
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Hard to believe J-class engines with their trains passed through this! |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 8:54:41 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Blackwater Creek tunnel portal up close |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:11:34 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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A flashback. The tunnel c. 1970 |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:33:01 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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349 Comments: 1 |
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Another historical look back. The last revenue train to use the tunnel prior to the creation of NS. |
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N&W used the line to transfer cars to the C&O in downtown Lynchburg. After the June 1, 1982, merger, cars were interchanged using the Southern Ry's track, their Old Main Line, to downtown Lynchburg |
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5/30/1982 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:34:32 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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365 Comments: 0 |
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Looking into the Virginia & Tennesee / Blackwater Creek trail tunnel |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:13:09 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Yet another look into the past. About a month after the NW/SOU merger rusty rail conditions apply at the tunnel now that is is no longer active. |
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6/30/1982 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:38:15 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Looking upgrade away from the tunnel. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:48:16 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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146 Comments: 0 |
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Drill, ye tarriers, drill! bore holes at the entrance to the V&T / Blackwater Creek tunnel |
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Dating back to c. 1850 |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:14:21 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Looking inside the 800- foot, curved tunnel |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:15:54 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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"Kemper Station" portion of the trail underneath the single "bent" of the ex- Southern's Blackwater Creek trestle |
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The line was originally built as the connection between the Lynchburg & Durham and the Norfolk & Western, c. 1885. Later used as N&W's connection to the C&O |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:49:35 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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160 Comments: 0 |
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Prior picture, but with the N&W still in place |
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5/30/1982 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:54:36 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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241 Comments: 0 |
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Looking up at the outside of the curved of the Blackwater Creek trestle |
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Span was built as part of Southern Railway's "Lynchburg cut-off" to bypass the grades and congestion of the original line through downtown Lynchburg. Line opened for traffic on March 1, 1911. |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 9:58:53 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Looking up at the inside of the curved Blackwater Creek trestle |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 10:02:19 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS train 12R crosses the Blackwater Creek trestle. |
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I'm standing at the end of the N&W's (nee Virginia & Tennessee) bridge over Blackwater Creek |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 10:03:42 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9266(C44-9W) |
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241 Comments: 0 |
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NS train 12R looms high overhead/ |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 10:06:18 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Nothing rr related here, except tht I am standing on a former N&W bridge to take the shot |
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Looking down at Blackwater Creek in snowy woods (the Robert Frost image) |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 10:07:45 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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12R as seen through snow-laden branches |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 10:10:02 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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Before leaving the trail area I grabbed a shot of Blackwater Creek pouring over the Hollins Mill dam |
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3/21/2018 Upload Date: 3/21/2018 10:11:16 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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160 Comments: 0 |
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